ROSS COUNTY boss Derek Adams last night savaged the “ridiculous” 12-12-18 proposal to restructure Scottish football and urged his chairman to vote against it.

Adams used the Staggies’ current season to highlight what he sees as massive flaws in the plan.

Ninth-placed County, last season’s First Division champs, still have a realistic chance of pushing for a top two or three finish and qualifying for Europe.

Yet under the new structure – where the top two leagues of 12 split into three divisions of eight mid-season – they would already have been plunged into the second tier.

Adams insists it’s also unfair to wipe the slate clean in terms of points after 22 games. That would render County’s current 18-point advantage over Dundee meaningless.

Chairman Roy MacGregor has hinted County will vote against the proposal next month and he claims Staggies fans are against it too.

Adams said: “I’ve told the chairman my views and the director of football has done the same.

“We would like to have the status quo and wouldn’t advocate him voting for the new set-up. It is not beneficial for Ross County.

“This season there are a lot of teams fighting to get into second, third or fourth place. The 11th or 10th placed teams could still finish up there. But the proposed new split would have wiped out our 18-point lead on Dundee and put us back on level pegging in the second tier of eight.

“All that hard work would be gone. It is ridiculous to scrap your points after 22 games to start again. I’m deeply against it.